Category: Health
Escambia COVID: 21 more deaths
The Florida Department of Health today reported 21 more COVID deaths in Escambia County. The county is averaging five deaths a day.  Escambia has had 25,045…
State vaccine supply limited
Due to a shipment of vaccine not arriving as expected, the vaccinations scheduled for today and tomorrow at the Milton Community Center were canceled. Santa…
Buzz: DeSantis cuts vaccines for Escambia – update
Sources have told Inweekly that Gov. Ron DeSantis has cut the next week’s vaccine shipment for Escambia County from 8,000 to 800. Update – Monday,…
County hospitalizations hit record high
The Escambia County COVID-19 Dashboard reports the county has 291 hospitalizations – a new daily record. The dashboard reports the most recent weekly positivity rate…
12 more Escambia residents did not recover from COVID
According to the latest report from the Florida Department of Health, Escambia County has 12 more deaths due to COVID–54 for January, 426 since early…
41 more COVID deaths last week in Escambia
While County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh has praised staff for listing on the Escambia County’s COVID Dashboard that 98% recovery rate for residents, the Florida Department…
White House COVID Task Force: Florida, Escambia, Pensacola in red zone
According to the Jan. 3 White House COVID-19 Task Force report obtained by the Orlando Sentinel, Florida is the red zone for increase in the…
County didn’t run out of CARES dollars for families
News Journal reporter Annie Blanks today told the story of Rebecca Swindle, 59-year-old grandmother who had her electricity cut off while waiting for a $3,000…
Mayor: ‘We need to secure our share of the vaccine’
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Mayor Grover Robinson opened a Q & A forum on Facebook Wednesday by relaying that the area was experiencing a “fairly…
DeSantis thumbs nose at home rule on COVID
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis strongly reaffirmed his opposition to local government officials’ attempts to impose their…
More vaccinations tomorrow and this weekend
Ascension Sacred Heart will hold additional COVID-19 vaccination clinics on Thursday in Milton and Pensacola for local residents who are age 65 and older. Unfortuntately,…
COVID Escambia: Positivity rate 22 percent, new record for hospitalizations, no vax for teachers
According to the Florida Department of Health, Escambia County ‘s positivity rate yesterday was 22.45% based on 891 test results reported for Monday, Jan. 5….
Contact info to schedule vaccination at Olive Baptist and Milton Community Center
In Escambia County, the first series of clinics in January will take place in the gym of Olive Baptist Church at 1836 East Olive Road…
Escambia ICU bed availability down to 8 percent
Yesterday, I picked up on the decrease in ICU beds locally. The News Service of Florida reports the availability is 19.7 percent statewide and only…
Ascension Sacred Heart responds to Gov. DeSantis
Ascension Sacred Heart plans to open two community clinics on Wednesday in Escambia County and Santa Rosa County that will provide COVID-19 vaccinations to local…
COVID Update: 12 more deaths, 248 hospitalizations
Escambia County has as COVID-19 crisis. Â Our hospitalizations are now up to 248, according to the Escambia County COVID dashboard. We’ve had 12 death since…
DeSantis wants to ramp up vaccinations
The Sun Sentinel reports that Gov. Ron DeSantis announced this morning the state will convert selected COVID test sites to vaccination sites, use houses of…
Escambia lags behind other counties on vaccinations
Through Saturday, 255,808 people had received COVID-19 vaccinations in Florida, according to the Florida Department of Health. Â Escambia County is in the top 20 for…
Vaccinations in Brownsville
On Sunday, Jan. 3, the Florida Division of Emergency Management ran a pilot vaccination program for 500 senior citizens, ages 65 and over, at the…
FDOH system only works for elderly with computers
The Florida Department of Health Escambia only allows residents 65 or older to schedule an appointment for the COVID vaccination via a survey monkey form….
